I interviewed at Charles River Associates in May 2022
Interview
Swift communication with the company to set up the interview. The interview itself focused on various stylised examples of competition cases. This included both the testing your theoretical knowledge about Industrial Organisation, as well as some more empirical examples.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Please explain how you would model the demand for a certain product.
1st round: asking about past experience, why econ consulting, following by a case study. The case study is based on a context asking simple calculations and analysis on whether there are problems.
I applied online. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (Oakland, CA)
Interview
The first round interview involved behavioral questions and a short case study. The final round interview involved behavioral and skills interviews with 3 senior level employees and a case study following independent work.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Charles River Associates (London, England) in Mar 2026
Interview
This was the 3rd round: assessment centre for phd life sciences associate role at their London offices. different rounds of case-study interviews and group projects. approx. 20 candidates came and we were grouped into smaller classes of 5.